TWI850945B - Method and user apparatus for generating and applying translation marker - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a method and a user apparatus for generating and applying a translation marker, and the method is executed by the user apparatus and comprises: opening an electronic file on a user operation interface; selecting at least one text string in the electronic file according to a first triggering event; and when a translation option is detected to be selected, performing the following steps: generating a code corresponding to the selected text string by using an operation function; and when it is determined that there is a first translation record associated with the code in the user apparatus, displaying a first translation text string of the first translation record on the user operation interface and generating a first translation marker associated with the first translation text string on the electronic file.

Description

Method and user device for generating and applying translation markup

The present invention relates to a method for performing partial translation on an electronic document, and more particularly to a method and a user device for generating and applying translation marks on an electronic document.

At present, some document editing software or document browsing software provide annotation functions for users to annotate text, paragraphs, symbols, tables and other objects in the document. However, when a user wants to translate a string or a paragraph in a document and annotate the translated string on the string or the paragraph, it is usually necessary to use translation software, translation module or translation website to translate the string or the paragraph, and then use the copy and paste function to input the translated string into the annotation field. Therefore, it is very time-consuming and inconvenient for users to input the translated string into the annotation field using the above method.

In order to solve the above problems, it is necessary to propose a method that can generate and apply translation marks on electronic documents.

In view of this, the present invention provides a method for generating and applying a translation mark, which is executed by a user device and includes: opening an electronic document on a user operation interface, wherein the electronic document includes a plurality of text strings; selecting at least one of the plurality of text strings according to a first trigger event; displaying a translation option on the user operation interface; detecting whether the translation option is selected; and when the translation option is detected to be selected, executing the following steps: The invention relates to a method for generating a code corresponding to the at least one selected text string by a function; confirming whether a first translation record associated with the code exists in the user device, wherein the first translation record includes a first translation text string corresponding to the at least one selected text string; and when confirming that the first translation record exists in the user device, displaying the first translation text string on the user operation interface, and generating a first translation mark associated with the first translation text string on the electronic document.

In an embodiment of the present invention, when it is detected that the translation option is selected, the following steps are further performed: when it is confirmed that the user device does not have the first translation record, a translation request is sent to a server to request the server to return a second translation text string corresponding to the selected at least one text string, wherein the translation request carries the code and the selected at least one text string; the second translation text string is received from the server in response to the translation request; and when the second translation text string is received from the server, the second translation text string is displayed on the user operation interface, and a second translation mark associated with the second translation text string is generated on the electronic document.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the second translated text string is read from a database of the server.

In another embodiment of the present invention, the second translated text string is generated by the server calling a translation module to translate the selected at least one text string, and is sent by the server to the user device.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the method further includes: storing the code and the second translated text string as a second translation record, and storing the second translation record in the user device.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the method further includes: encoding the translation request into a JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) object, and sending the JSON object to the server.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the functional function is a hash function, and the code is a hash value.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the step of generating the first translation mark associated with the first translation text string on the electronic document further includes: generating the first translation mark associated with the first translation text string on the electronic document according to a second triggering event.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the method further comprises: when the first translation mark is selected, displaying the first translation text string on the user operation interface.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the method further includes: generating a note mark on the electronic document according to a third trigger event, and simultaneously displaying the first translation mark and the note mark on the electronic document, wherein the note mark is associated with a note text string.

The present invention also provides a user device for generating and applying translation marks, the user device comprising: a processor, a display and a memory. The display is electrically coupled to the processor to display a user operation interface. The memory is electrically coupled to the processor, and the memory stores at least one computer executable program, wherein when the at least one computer executable program is executed by the processor, the processor executes the following steps: opening an electronic document on the user operation interface, wherein the electronic document includes a plurality of text strings; selecting at least one text string from the plurality of text strings according to a first trigger event; displaying a translation option on the user operation interface; detecting whether the translation option is selected; and when the translation option is detected to be selected, When the at least one selected text string is selected, the following steps are further performed: a code corresponding to the at least one selected text string is generated by a function; whether a first translation record associated with the code exists in the memory, wherein the first translation record includes a first translation text string corresponding to the at least one selected text string; and when it is confirmed that the first translation record exists in the memory, the first translation text string is displayed on the user operation interface, and a first translation mark associated with the first translation text string is generated on the electronic document.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the user device further includes an input element, wherein the input element is used to: receive a first input and generate a first input signal corresponding to the first input, wherein the first trigger event is generated according to the first input signal.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the user device further includes a transmitter and a receiver. The transmitter is electrically coupled to the processor and is used to: when the processor confirms that the first translation record does not exist in the memory, send a translation request to a server to request the server to return a second translation text string corresponding to the selected at least one text string, wherein the translation request carries the code and the selected at least one text string. The receiver is electrically coupled to the processor and is used to receive the second translation text string in response to the translation request from the server.

In one embodiment of the present invention, when the receiver receives the second translation string from the server, the processor is further configured to: display the second translation string on the user interface, and generate a second translation mark associated with the second translation string on the electronic document.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the processor further executes: storing the code and the second translated text string as a second translation record, and storing the second translation record in the memory.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the processor further executes: encoding the translation request into a JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) object, and sending the JSON object to the server via the sender.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the processor further executes: when the first translation mark is selected, the first translation text string is displayed on the user operation interface.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the processor further executes: generating a remark mark on the electronic document according to a third trigger event, and simultaneously displaying the first translation mark and the remark mark on the electronic document, wherein the remark mark is associated with a remark text string.

In this document, unless the context specifically limits the article, "a", "an" and "the" can refer to one or more than one item.

In addition, the words "include", "have" and similar terms used in this document are open terms, which mean including the features, elements and/or components described therein, but do not exclude one or more other features, elements, components, and/or groups thereof described therein or in addition thereto.

Furthermore, the term "coupled" as used herein may refer to two or more elements or devices being in direct physical contact with each other, or being in indirect physical contact with each other, or may refer to two or more elements or devices operating or moving with each other.

The following will clearly illustrate the spirit of the present invention with drawings and detailed descriptions. After understanding the embodiments of the present invention, any person having ordinary knowledge in the relevant technical field can make changes and modifications based on the techniques taught by the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention.

1 is a block diagram of a user device 100 for generating and applying translation marks according to an embodiment of the present invention. The user device 100 includes a processor 102, a display 104, a memory 106, an input element 108, a transmitter 110, and a receiver 112. The display 104, the memory 106, the input element 108, the transmitter 110, and the receiver 112 are electrically coupled to the processor 102, respectively.

FIG. 2A to FIG. 2H are schematic diagrams of a user operation interface 200 in different operation states according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring now to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2A , the display 104 is used to display the user operation interface 200. In this embodiment, the user operation interface 200 may be a user operation interface generated by the processor 102 executing a file editing software or a file browsing software. The user operation interface 200 at least includes a file display area 202, an auxiliary display area 204, and a function selection area 206.

FIG. 3A and FIG. 3B are flow charts of a method for generating and applying translation marks according to an embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the method is executed by the user device 100. Referring now to FIG. 1 , FIG. 2A to FIG. 2F and FIG. 3A , the memory 106 stores at least one computer executable program, and when the at least one computer executable program is executed by the processor 102, the processor 102 executes the method for generating and applying translation marks of the embodiment in FIG. 3A and FIG. 3B . The method includes the following steps S300 to S320, and is described as follows.

In step S300, the processor 102 executes a document editing software or a document browsing software according to a user's operation to open an electronic document 210 in the document display area 202 of the user operation interface 200. In this embodiment, the electronic document 210 includes at least a plurality of paragraphs 212, each paragraph 212 has at least one text string, and the language category of the plurality of paragraphs 212 is English, as shown in FIG2A.

In step S302, the processor 102 selects at least one text string 212a from the plurality of text strings according to a first trigger event. In this embodiment, the selected text string 212a may be highlighted to indicate that it has been selected, as shown in FIG. 2B . In addition, in this embodiment, the first trigger event may be a cursor controlled by the input element 108 (e.g., a mouse, a touch panel, or a keyboard) moving on the text string 212a (e.g., moving from point P1 to point P2), but is not limited thereto.

In step S304, the processor 102 drives the display 104 to display a function menu 214 on the user interface 200. In this embodiment, the processor 102 drives the display 104 to display the function menu 214 on the user interface 200 according to a first input signal of the input element 108, as shown in FIG2C. For example, the first input signal can be generated by placing a cursor 240 on the selected text string 212a and performing a right-click of a mouse or a touch of a touch panel, but the present invention is not limited thereto. In this embodiment, the function menu 214 has a "translate" option, a "add note" option, a "copy" option, etc., but the present invention is not limited thereto. In another embodiment, the function menu 214 may only have a “Translate” option. In other embodiments, the “Translate” option of the function menu 214 may be a function option on the function selection area 206, that is, the “Translate” option of the function menu 214 may be automatically displayed on the function selection area 206 of the user interface 200 after the processor 102 executes a document editing software or a document browsing software. For example, the function selection area 206 has four function options A, B, C, and D, and the function option A may be the “Translate” option of the function menu 214.

In step S306, the processor 102 detects whether the "Translate" option of the function menu 214 is selected. When the processor 102 detects that the "Translate" option of the function menu 214 is selected, steps S308 to S318 are executed; otherwise, the processor 102 returns to step S302 to reselect other text strings on the electronic document 210. In this embodiment, the processor 102 determines whether the "Translate" option of the function menu 214 is detected to be selected according to a second input signal of the input element 108. For example, the second input signal may be generated by moving a cursor 240 to the "Translate" option of the function menu 214 (as shown in FIG. 2D ) and executing a left click of a mouse or a touch of a touch panel, but the present invention is not limited thereto. Specifically, when the processor 102 detects or receives the second input signal, it indicates that the processor 102 detects that the "Translate" option of the function menu 214 is selected.

In step S308, the processor 102 generates a code corresponding to the selected text string 212a through a function. In this embodiment, the function is a hash function, and the code is a hash value generated by the hash function for the selected text string 212a. The hash value is a short code used to represent the selected text string 212a. Compared with the length of the selected text string 212a, the length of the hash value is shorter. Therefore, when the hash value is stored in the register 106, the storage space occupied by the hash value is relatively smaller than the storage space occupied by the selected text string 212a.

In step S310, the processor 102 confirms whether there is a first translation record associated with the code in the memory 106 of the user device 100. In this embodiment, the first translation record may include a first translation text string corresponding to the selected text string 212a. For example, the processor 102 may use the generated Hash value to confirm whether there is the first translation record in the memory 106. In another embodiment, the first translation record may include at least a target language category (e.g., Chinese, Japanese or other languages), an indexed Hash value and the first translation text string, wherein the target language category is used to represent the language category of the first translation text string. When the processor 102 uses the generated Hash value to confirm whether the first translation record exists in the memory 106, the processor 102 can use the generated Hash value to compare the Hash value of the index. When the generated Hash value is compared to the Hash value of the index and is identical or related, the processor 102 can confirm that the first translation record associated with the generated Hash value exists in the memory 106.

In step S312, when the processor 102 confirms that the first translation record exists in the memory 106 of the user device 100, the processor 102 reads the first translation string from the first translation record, drives the display 104 to display the read first translation string 216 and/or its language category 218 (e.g., Chinese) on the auxiliary display area 204 of the user operation interface 200 (as shown in FIG. 2E ), and generates a first translation mark 220 associated with the read first translation string 216 on the electronic document 210 according to a second trigger event (as shown in FIG. 2F ). In this embodiment, the second trigger event may be a click of a software button 222 by a cursor 240 controlled by the input element 108 (eg, a mouse, a touch panel, or a keyboard), but is not limited thereto. In another embodiment, when the processor 102 confirms that the first translation record exists in the memory 106 of the user device 100, the processor 102 may drive the display 104 to display the read first translation text string 216 and/or its language category 218 (e.g., Chinese) on the auxiliary display area 204 of the user operation interface 200, and may automatically generate (i.e., without being generated according to the second trigger event) a first translation mark 220 associated with the read first translation text string 216 on the electronic document 210.

Fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of the operation of the user device 100 of Fig. 1 requesting a server 400 to return a translated text string. Referring now to Fig. 1, Fig. 2G, Fig. 3B and Fig. 4, steps S314 to S320 will be described as follows.

In step S314, when the processor 102 confirms that the first translation record does not exist in the memory 106 of the user device 100, the processor 102 sends a translation request to the server 400 through the transmitter 110 to request the server 400 to return a second translation text string corresponding to the selected text string 212a. In this embodiment, the translation request carries the generated hash value, the selected text string 212a, and a target language category (e.g., Chinese, Japanese, or other languages), but is not limited thereto. For example, when the document editing software or document browsing software executed by the processor 102 only provides translation functions between two languages (e.g., English and Chinese), the translation request only carries the generated Hash value and the selected text string 212a. Furthermore, in this embodiment, the processor 102 may encode the translation request into a first JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) object and send the first JSON object to the server via the sender 110. In another embodiment, the processor 102 may not encode the translation request into the first JSON object, but may directly send the translation request to the server 400.

In this embodiment, after receiving the first JSON object, the server 400 decodes the first JSON object to obtain the translation request. Then, the server 400 can use the hash value in the translation request to confirm whether there is a second translation record associated with the hash value in a memory 402 of the server 400. In this embodiment, the second translation record may include a second translation text string corresponding to the selected text string 212a. For example, the server 400 can use the hash value to confirm whether there is a second translation record in a memory 402 of the server 400. In another embodiment, the second translation record may include at least a target language category (e.g., Chinese, Japanese, or other languages), a hash value of an index, and the second translation text string, wherein the target language category is used to indicate the language category of the second translation text string. When the server 400 uses the hash value to confirm whether the second translation record exists in the memory 402, the server 400 may use the hash value to compare the hash value of the index. When the hash value is compared to the hash value of the index and is identical or related, the server 400 may confirm that the second translation record associated with the hash value exists in the memory 402, and read the second translation string from the second translation record stored in the memory 402. Then, the server 400 may send the read second translation string to the user device 100. In this embodiment, the server 400 may encode the second translation string into a second JSON object and send the second JSON object to the user device 100. In another embodiment, the server 400 may not need to encode the second translated text string into the second JSON object, but may directly send the second translated text string to the user device 100.

In this embodiment, when the hash value with is not matched to be the same or related to the hash value of the index, the server 400 can confirm that there is no second translation record associated with the hash value with in the memory 402, and call a translation module to translate the selected text string 212a to generate the second translated text string. In this embodiment, the translation module can be a translation software stored in the memory 402 and executed by the server 400 or a translation software executed on a remote translation server (not shown). Next, the server 400 may store the hash value and the generated second translation string as the second translation record, and store the second translation record in the memory 402. Finally, the server 400 may encode the generated second translation string into the second JSON object, and send the second JSON object to the user device 100. In another embodiment, the server 400 may not encode the generated second translation string into the second JSON object, but may directly send the second translation string to the user device 100.

In step S316, the processor 102 receives a second translation string in response to the translation request from the server 400 via the receiver 112. For example, the processor 102 receives the second JSON object from the server 400 via the receiver 112 and decodes the second JSON object to obtain the second translation string. In another embodiment, the processor 102 receives the second translation string that is not encoded into a JSON object via the receiver 112.

In step S318, when the processor 102 receives the second translation string from the server 400 via the receiver 112, the processor 102 drives the display 104 to display the received second translation string 226 on the user interface 200, and generates a second translation mark 228 associated with the second translation string 226 on the electronic document 210 according to the second trigger event, as shown in FIG2G. In this embodiment, the received second translation string 226 and the read first translation string 216 can be the same. However, in other embodiments, when the received second translation string 226 and the read first translation string 216 are generated by different translation modules or different translation software, the two may be slightly different. In another embodiment, when the processor 102 receives the second translation string from the server 400 via the receiver 112, the processor 102 drives the display 104 to display the received second translation string 226 on the user operation interface 200, and can automatically generate (i.e., without generating according to the second trigger event) a second translation mark 228 associated with the second translation string 226 on the electronic document 210.

In step S320 , the processor 102 stores the generated code (eg, the generated hash value) and the received second translated text string 226 as a second translation record, and stores the second translation record in the memory 106 of the user device 100 .

Now please refer to Figure 2H. When the processor 102 opens another electronic document 211 having the text string 212a according to another operation of the user, the processor 102 can confirm that the second translation record stored in the above step S320 exists in the memory 106 by executing steps S302 to S312, and then display the second translation text string 226 in the second translation record on the auxiliary display area 204 of the user operation interface 200, and generate a third translation mark 229 corresponding to the text string 212a.

5A and 5B are schematic diagrams of a user interface according to another embodiment of the present invention in different operating states. Referring now to FIG. 5A , the processor 102 can select a text string 212 b by executing steps S302 to S318 of the above embodiment, then display a third translated text string 227 corresponding to the selected text string 212 b on the auxiliary display area 204 of the user interface 200, and generate a fourth translated mark 230 corresponding to the selected text string 212 b.

In the above embodiment, the method according to the present invention may further include the following steps: when the first translation mark 220, the second translation mark 228, the third translation mark 229 or the fourth translation mark 230 is selected, the processor 102 will display the corresponding first translation text string 216, the second translation text string 226 or the third translation text string 227 on the auxiliary display area 204 of the user operation interface 200. For example, in FIG. 5A , the auxiliary display area 204 displays the third translated text string 227 corresponding to the text string 212 b, and the processor 102 detects whether the cursor 240 controlled by the input element 108 moves to the second translated mark 228 for selection (e.g., by left-clicking the mouse or touching the touch panel). When the processor 102 detects that the cursor 240 controlled by the input element 108 moves to the second translation mark 228 for selection, the processor 102 drives the display 104 to display the second translation text string 226 corresponding to the text string 212a on the auxiliary display area 204 of the user operation interface 200, thereby replacing the third translation text string 227, as shown in FIG. 5B .

In other embodiments, the processor 102 may generate at least one translation mark and at least one annotation mark on the same electronic document, so that the method according to the present invention can support the function of generating translation marks and annotation marks on the same electronic document at the same time. This function will be described below with reference to FIG. 6A to FIG. 6C as an example.

6A to 6C are schematic diagrams of user operation interfaces in different operation states according to other embodiments of the present invention. In the above embodiments, the method according to the present invention may further include the following steps: the processor 102 generates a remark mark on the electronic document according to a third trigger event, and simultaneously displays a translation mark (such as the first translation mark 220, the second translation mark 228, the third translation mark 229 or the fourth translation mark 230) and the remark mark on the electronic document. For example, as shown in FIG6A , the processor 102 may select a text string 212 b according to step S302 and step S304, and drive the display 104 to display the function menu 214 on the user interface 200. In this embodiment, the third trigger event may be a click of the cursor 240 controlled by the input element 108 (e.g., a mouse, a touch panel, or a keyboard) on the “Add Note” option of the function option 214, but is not limited thereto. When the "Add Note" option is selected by the cursor 240, the processor 102 generates a note mark 250 and a note window 252 associated with the text string 212b, and drives the display 104 to simultaneously display the first translation mark 220, the note mark 250 and the note window 252 on the electronic document 210, as shown in FIG6B. In this embodiment, the note window 252 has a note field 252a and a save button 252b. When the note field 252a receives a note text input by a user, and the save button 252b is clicked by the cursor 240 controlled by the input element 108 (e.g., a mouse, a touch panel, or a keyboard), the note window 252 can be hidden, as shown in FIG6C. In this embodiment, after the note window 252 is hidden, the note mark 250 can be displayed again on the user interface 200 by clicking the cursor 240 controlled by the input element 108 (e.g., a mouse, a touch panel, or a keyboard).

In addition, in this embodiment, the electronic document may be an electronic document in a portable document format (PDF), and the first translation mark 220 and the remark mark 250 are respectively implemented by two different PDF tags. For example, the remark mark 250 may be implemented by a conventional PDF tag (such as a Markup tag), and the first translation mark 220 may be implemented by a PDF custom tag. Therefore, when the electronic document with the first translation mark 220 is opened by a document editing software or a document browsing software that supports the PDF custom tag, the first translation mark 220 will appear on the electronic document. On the contrary, when the electronic document with the first translation mark 220 is opened by a document editing software or a document browsing software that does not support the PDF custom tag, the first translation mark 220 will not appear on the electronic document. Alternatively, when the electronic document with the first translation mark 220 is opened by a document editing software or a document browsing software that does not support the PDF custom tag, the first translation mark 220 can be replaced by a note mark according to different designs.

It should be understood that in all the above embodiments, although the text string 212a in the electronic document 210 is translated from English into Chinese, it is not limited to this. That is, the method provided by the present invention can be applied to the translation between any languages in the electronic document.

Although the present invention has been disclosed as above by the embodiments, they are not intended to limit the present invention. Any person with ordinary knowledge in the relevant technical field can make some changes and modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention shall be defined by the scope of the attached patent application.

A, B, C, D: Function options P1, P2: Points S300~S320: Steps 100: User device 102: Processor 104: Display 106: Memory 108: Input element 110: Transmitter 112: Receiver 200: User interface 202: Document display area 204: Auxiliary display area 206: Function selection area 210, 211: Electronic document 212: Paragraph 212a, 212b: Text string 214: Function menu 216: Read the first translated text string 218: Language category 220: First translation mark 222: Software button 226: Received second translation string 227: Third translation string 228: Second translation mark 229: Third translation mark 230: Fourth translation mark 240: Cursor 250: Note mark 252: Note window 252a: Note field 252b: Save button 400: Server 402: Memory

In order to make the above and other purposes, features, advantages and embodiments of the present invention more clearly understood, the attached drawings are described as follows:

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a user device for generating and applying translation marks according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2A to 2H are schematic diagrams of a user operation interface according to an embodiment of the present invention in different operation states.

3A and 3B are flow charts of a method for generating and applying translation marks according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of the operation of the user device in FIG. 1 requesting a server to return a translated text string.

5A and 5B are schematic diagrams of a user operation interface in different operation states according to another embodiment of the present invention.

6A to 6C are schematic diagrams of user operation interfaces in different operation states according to other embodiments of the present invention.

S300~S312: Steps

Claims (15)

A method for generating and applying a translation mark is performed by a user device and includes: opening an electronic document on a user operation interface, wherein the user operation interface includes a document display area and an auxiliary display area, the electronic document is opened on the document display area, and the electronic document includes a plurality of text strings; displaying a text string on the auxiliary display area; selecting at least one of the plurality of text strings according to a first trigger event; displaying a translation option on the user operation interface; detecting whether the translation option is selected; and when the translation option is detected to be selected, When the user device selects the first translation record, the following steps are performed: a code corresponding to the selected at least one text string is generated by a function; whether a first translation record associated with the code exists in the user device, wherein the first translation record includes a first translation text string corresponding to the selected at least one text string; when it is confirmed that the user device has the first translation record, a first translation mark associated with the first translation text string is generated on the electronic document; and when the first translation mark is selected, the first translation text string is displayed on the auxiliary display area, thereby replacing the text string. The method of claim 1, wherein when it is detected that the translation option is selected, the following steps are further performed: When it is confirmed that the user device does not have the first translation record, a translation request is sent to a server to request the server to return a second translation text string corresponding to the selected at least one text string, wherein the translation request carries the code and the selected at least one text string; the second translation text string is received from the server in response to the translation request; and when the second translation text string is received from the server, the second translation text string is displayed on the auxiliary display area, and a second translation mark associated with the second translation text string is generated on the electronic document. As in the method of claim 2, the second translated text string is read from a storage of the server, or is generated by the server calling a translation module to translate the at least one selected text string, and is sent by the server to the user device. The method of claim 2 further includes: storing the code and the second translated text string as a second translation record, and storing the second translation record in the user device. The method of request item 2 further includes: encoding the translation request into a JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) object, and sending the JSON object to the server. As in the method of claim 1, wherein the function is a hash function, and the code is a hash value. As in the method of claim 1, the step of generating the first translation mark associated with the first translation text string on the electronic document further includes: generating the first translation mark associated with the first translation text string on the electronic document according to a second triggering event. The method of claim 1 further includes: Generating a remark on the electronic document according to a third trigger event, and simultaneously displaying the first translation mark and the remark on the electronic document, wherein the electronic document may be a portable document format (PDF) electronic document, and the first translation mark and the remark are respectively implemented by two different PDF tags. A user device for generating and applying translation marks comprises: a processor; a display electrically coupled to the processor for displaying a user operation interface, wherein the user operation interface comprises a document display area and an auxiliary display area; and a memory electrically coupled to the processor and storing at least one computer executable program, wherein the at least one computer executable program, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to execute the following steps: opening an electronic document on the auxiliary display area, wherein the electronic document comprises a plurality of text strings; displaying a text string on the auxiliary display area; selecting at least one text string from the plurality of text strings according to a first trigger event; displaying a translation selection item on the user operation interface; detecting whether the translation option is selected; and when the translation option is detected to be selected, further executing the following steps: generating a code corresponding to the selected at least one text string by a function; confirming whether there is a first translation record associated with the code in the memory, wherein the first translation record includes a first translation text string corresponding to the selected at least one text string; When confirming that the first translation record exists in the memory, generating a first translation mark associated with the first translation text string on the electronic document; and when the first translation mark is selected, displaying the first translation text string on the auxiliary display area, thereby replacing the text string. The user device of claim 9 further includes: an input element electrically coupled to the processor, for: receiving a first input and generating a first input signal corresponding to the first input, wherein the first trigger event is generated according to the first input signal. The user device of claim 9 further comprises: a transmitter electrically coupled to the processor, for: when the processor confirms that the first translation record does not exist in the memory, sending a translation request to a server to request the server to return a second translation text string corresponding to the selected at least one text string, wherein the translation request carries the code and the selected at least one text string ; and a receiver electrically coupled to the processor, for: receiving the second translation string in response to the translation request from the server; wherein when the receiver receives the second translation string from the server, the processor is further used to: display the second translation string on the auxiliary display area, and generate a second translation mark associated with the second translation string on the electronic document. A user device as claimed in claim 11, wherein the processor further executes: storing the code and the second translated text string as a second translation record, and storing the second translation record in the memory. The user device of request item 11, wherein the processor further executes: Encode the translation request into a JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) object, and send the JSON object to the server via the sender. In the user device of claim 9, the step of generating the first translation mark associated with the first translation text string on the electronic document executed by the processor further includes: generating the first translation mark associated with the first translation text string on the electronic document according to a second triggering event. A user device as claimed in claim 9, wherein the processor further executes: generating a remark mark on the electronic document according to a third trigger event, and simultaneously displaying the first translation mark and the remark mark on the electronic document, wherein the electronic document may be an electronic document in a portable document format (PDF), and the first translation mark and the remark mark are respectively implemented by two different PDF tags.